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Title: Out of Our Past by Carl N. Degler ISBN: 0-06-131985-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 20 January, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Only for the serious student
Comment: One must remember that this book was written in the late 1950s, when the writing style was geared to a much higher level of education. It wasn't until the late seventies and early eighties that most literature began scaling back to enhance comprehension in a world where the average reader didn't understand classical references and long, complex sentences. So, while Mr. Degler has written a very detailed and fact-oriented book, its readability suffers because most students reading this book are unused to this style of writing. I think it's a tribute to the excellence of the book's information that it is often used as a history text even though it is so outdated and difficult to read. Guaranteed to cure even the most acute insomnia :) Greetz to the CAK AP History class of 2000-2001!
Rating: 3
Summary: Can Be a Struggle, But Can Also Be Worth It
Comment: Assigned this book for my AP U.S. History class over the summer, I carefully read the first three chapters, taking extensive notes in the book. I have to say that it took me awhile to take it all in during one sitting. But Degler does bring up some interesting ideas about American history and the issues that made America what it is today. Note that this is not a history textbook and should not be used alone to study history. However, it makes for a beneficial supplement to a textbook and allows the student to not hear a strict interpretation of history for a little while. The rest of the book follows our history accurately and gives the reader much food for thought. I prefered Stephen Oates' "Portrait of America" to this book, but I can honestly say I learned as much from this book as I did form the former. Try this as a helping hand and as a second opinion on our nation's illustrious history.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Overall Good Book
Comment: One of my books in my AP US History class was Carl N. Degler's Out of Our Past. Degler does not focus on a white man fighting, but on how minorities shaped us today. The book is long, but I found it to be easier to understand if it is read in thirty minute increments. This book is not an easy book to understand, but it is an overall good book.
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Title: A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060528370 Publisher: Perennial Classics Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It by Richard Hofstadter ISBN: 0679723153 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: From Plantation to Ghetto (American Century) by August Meier ISBN: 0809001225 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 March, 1976 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, 12th Edition by Thomas Bailey, David Kennedy ISBN: 061810349X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $100.36 |
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Title: The Cycles of American History by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ISBN: 0395957931 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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